21.   In the past several weeks, investors bid up stock prices on the expectation that rates would fall, leading to lower corporate borrowing costs and higher profits.

22.   Internet stocks, like the bookseller Amazon.com, soared, as investors bid up nearly everything in the category.

23.   Investors also bid down Enersis after senior government officials announced a wider probe of a transaction and criticized the company for giving investors too little information.

24.   Investors bid many blue-chip issues into record territory.

25.   Investors bid on the amount of interest they are willing to receive in a particular property.

26.   Investors bid the stocks of both companies, Samsung Electronics and Hynix Semiconductor, up sharply.

27.   Investors bid them down to levels reflecting the poor outlook for the sector as the economic downturn starts to bite.

28.   Investors bid up shares of Daiwa while lowering offers on Sumitomo in anticipation of a swap of Daiwa issues for Sumitomo stock.

29.   Investors bid up shares of LTCB on speculation the bank itself was one of parties which would merge, an LTCB spokesman said.

30.   Investors bid up the price of Treasuries while dumping everything else, which shorted out all those high-tech computer models Long-Term Capital was relying on.